when should i move on?

[Greenfire54]

hey guys. i currently had to stop going to karate classes for a while. Although they will start back up again around december, i still want/ need to train. so, how long should i train on a certain move till i should move on and train on another one. I though about working a move an hour a day( every day working a different one) do you guys have any tips on how long i should work on a certain move until moving on? thanks

[bushido_man96]

I think you could do it that way and be fine. It depends on how much work you think you need on a move.

Are you saying that you do just a knife hand technique for an hour 1 day, and maybe a front kick the next day? Is this how you are working it? Or by technique, do you mean something more involved?

At the end of the day, it will depend on how well you think you have a handle on what you are working on. I would change things up now and then, just to stay fresh. But it will really be a judgement call.

[Greenfire54]

thanks, i figured i would just do karate walks one day and bag work another day. I could spend my entire life practicing one move. but that would do nothing except perfect that move and make me bored. so i guess i move a day would work.

[tallgeese]

Variety is the spice of life. Yes, it's cliche. But true.

Mix things up, train different movements each day and keep cycling through. I'd pick a set and work on it for a 3-5 min round then move on. It's just me, but I get good results out of this method.

[DWx]

thanks, i figured i would just do karate walks one day and bag work another day. I could spend my entire life practicing one move. but that would do nothing except perfect that move and make me bored. so i guess i move a day would work.

I don't think it would be such a bad thing if you had one move perfect.

As Bruce Lee said:

"I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times."

Personally I like to keep working on a move until I think I know it and can do it reasonably well. I move on and try something new but will come back and revisit at some point to see if there is more I can do. However having done school exams recently I've had it drilled into me that you can't concentrate on one thing properly for anything over 20 mins so what I try to do is work a couple of techniques alternately during a session but then do that for multiple sessions. Rather than allocate a whole day to one technique I'd prefer to allocate 15 mins max to one technique but then do some more the next day or whatever.

I think something like this will be largely down to what you can cope with yourself and what you find works for you.

[Greenfire54]

thanks, thats a great idea.

[doug_kissaki]

The key is not so much how long you work on something at one time but that you come back and work on in many different times.

I find that after I have worked on something for a while, even though I may no longer be working on it physically, it is still on my mind. After giving it some time to sink in to my brain (a day or so) I find I am better the next time I work on it.

[The BB of C]

hey guys. i currently had to stop going to karate classes for a while. Although they will start back up again around december, i still want/ need to train. so, how long should i train on a certain move till i should move on and train on another one. I though about working a move an hour a day( every day working a different one) do you guys have any tips on how long i should work on a certain move until moving on? thanks

I'm going through the same thing because of a pulled adductor muscle. I'm not supposed to be kicking at all. I suggest doing a whole lot of crunches and push-ups.